ggiibshe

Definition: be deaf, be going deaf

ggiibshe
>vai comm.
>1sIND ngagiibshe;
>3sCCONJ gegiibshet; 1 be deaf, be going deaf. Aabdek wii-gzhiiweng gnoonin; eshkam go ggiibshe.
>One has to speak loudly in talking to him; he's losing his hearing. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: gagiibishe.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73020883734n
GKS Reference Number: 15360
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